Aliyah Blog 56: Agam Museum
A bit “off the beaten path” is an interesting little museum in Rishon L’Zion near the center of the country and the sea. Born Yaacov Gibstein in 1928, first art exhibition in 1953, and...
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Aliyah Blog 55: Idiosyncrasies of Israel
Introduction My notes for things to put on the blog are getting longer faster than I wrote blog articles. Google Keep is an easy way to keep the notes … now I’ve amassed a...
Aliyah Blog 54: Marseilles and Avignon
Can I conceal myself forevermore? Pretend I’m not the man I was before? “Do they all hate us?” – fruit seller in Sdorot asking me a question about the United States. He continues, “that’s...
Aliyah Blog 53: TLV Airport Speed Run
What’s a Speed Run? Ever play Super Mario Brothers? When you beat the game – which few of us do (including me) you rejoice at having spent only seven hours getting to the end....
Aliyah Blog 52: Flowers of Kfar Rut
Kinds of Beauty Slide shows are below- jump there to just see pretty flowers and plants. Above is one of the most beautiful bouquet of roses that I have ever seen. Whenever friends visit,...
Aliyah Blog 51: Fire Holidays (Lag B’Omer)
Chanukah and Passover Fire Jews do love our natural phenomenon. Fire is an especially fun one. We recall the fire offerings in the Temple three times a day and before every Sabbath we start...
Aliyah Blog 50: Caesarea
Named after the same guy who brought us the C-section, czars, kaisers, czars, kings, and the month of July, Herod named a city after Caeser in Israel about 2,000 years ago, not to be...
Aliyah Blog 49: It’s Broken.
Flowers of the Season No reason to make this blog entry all sad – let’s start off with some flowers from K’far Rut – planned for the next blog entry: The Internet Breaks Now...
Aliyah Blog #48: Bank Account for Business in Israel
An American Trying to Open a Business in Israel “The banks are a test of your Zionism.” – said at a Nefesh B’Nefesh thing about money I went to years ago. “I don’t understand...
Aliyah Blog #47: Taking the Bus in Israel
Preface here: It’s 2025 and the last time I took a bus in Israel before this was in about 2003. The last time I took a bus in the United States … 2010-ish? Maybe...